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	*[[Sittanavasal Cave]] - Rock cut cave and Paintings from 9th century Pandyan period		*[[Sittanavasal Cave]] - Rock cut cave and Paintings from 9th century Pandyan period
	*[[Srivilliputhur Andal temple]]		*[[Srivilliputhur Andal temple]]
			*[[Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram]]
	*[[Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam\|Ranganathaswamy Temple]]		*[[Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam\|Ranganathaswamy Temple]]

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[[File:S-TN-71_Vettuvan_Koil_Tuticorin.jpg|alt=|right|thumb|300px|[[Vettuvan Koil]] in [[Kalugumalai]], Pandyan architecture, 8th century CE]]
[[Rock-cut architecture|Rock cut]] and structural temples are significant part of '''Pandyan art and architecture'''. The [[Vimana (architectural feature)|vimana]] and [[mandapa]] are some of the features of the early [[Pandyan dynasty|Pandyan]] temples.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H821AAAAIAAJ&q=vimana|title=Studies in Indian history and culture: volume presented to Dr. P. B. Desai ... on the occasion of his completing sixty years|last=Desai|first=Pandurang Bhimarao|date=1971|publisher=Prof. P. B. Desai Felicitation Committee, Karnatak University; [for copies write to the printer: K. E. B's Print. Press]|pages=125|language=en}}</ref> Groups of small temples are seen at [[Tiruchirappalli district]] of Tamil Nadu. The Shiva temples have a [[Nandi (bull)|Nandi bull]] sculpture in front of the ''maha mandapa''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TlvqAAAAMAAJ&q=nandi+statue+pandya|title=Rock-cut temple styles: early Pandyan art and the Ellora shrines|last=Rajan|first=K. V. Soundara|date=1998-03-01|publisher=Somaiya Publications|isbn=9788170392187|pages=58|language=en}}</ref> In the later stages of Pandyas rule, finely sculptured idols, [[gopuram]]s on the [[Vimana (architectural feature)|vimanas]] were developed. Gopurams are the rectangular entrance and portals of the temples.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vyXxEX5PQH8C&q=gopuram+pandya+temple&pg=PA337|title=Ornament in Indian Architecture|last=Allen|first=Margaret Prosser|date=1991|publisher=University of Delaware Press|isbn=9780874133998|pages=350|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6HAeAgAAQBAJ&q=meenakshi+temple+pandya&pg=PA470|title=Historical Dictionary of India|last=Mansingh|first=Surjit|date=2006-05-09|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9780810865020|pages=430|language=en}}</ref>

== History ==
[[File:FourArmedVishnuPandyaDynasty8-9thCentury.jpg|right|thumb|Four-armed [[Vishnu]], Pandya Dynasty, 8th–9th century CE.]]
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==Pandyan Temples==
=== Kalugumalai Temple complex (768-800 CE) ===
* [[Kalugumalai Jain Beds]]
* [[Vettuvan Koil]]<ref name="official">{{cite web|url=http://www.kalugumalaitemple.tnhrce.in/kalakumalai_history.html|title=Sthala Varalaru|year=2015|publisher=Hindu Religious and Endowment Board, [[Government of Tamil Nadu]]|access-date=4 November 2015|archive-date=17 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117031712/http://www.kalugumalaitemple.tnhrce.in/kalakumalai_history.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Kalugasalamoorthy Temple]]

=== Tirunelveli ===
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* [[Nellaiappar Temple]]

=== Others ===
* [[Meenakshi Amman Temple]]
*[[Sittanavasal Cave]] - Rock cut cave and Paintings from 9th century Pandyan period
*[[Srivilliputhur Andal temple]]
*[[Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam|Ranganathaswamy Temple]]

[[File:Jaina_abode_Kalugumalai.JPG|alt=|center|thumb|700px|[[Kalugumalai Jain Beds]], Pandyan Empire, King Parantaka Nedunjadaiya (768-800 CE)]]{{Commons category|Art of the Pandyan Dynasty}}

== References ==
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